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PAINT DISTRIBUTER.

IN-VENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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\VILBUR I. ARMSTRONG, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDALFRED THOMAS ARMSTRONG, OF SAME PLACE.

PAINT-DISTRI'BUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,631, dated February3, 1885.

Application filed July 7, 1883. (Model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILBUR I. ARMSTRONG, of Belvidere, Boone county,Illinois, have in vented a new and Improved Paint-Distributer,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device fordistributing pigments and other liquids.

1c The invention consists in a distributer provided with a spoon-shapedreceptacle for receiving the liquid to be distributed, into whichreceptacle a feeder projects which is formed of two spring-strips,between which the liquid I 5 is drawn by capillary attraction, and isthen distributed by a current of air.

The invention also consists in an air-receiver through which thecompressed air passes before reaching the distributer, and whereby the2c air will be moistened, and thus keep the parts of the distributerclean.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate 2 5corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved distributer. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same, partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a side view of theair-receiver, parts being broken out and parts shown in section.

A spoon-shaped receptacle, A, is fastened to the bottom of a block ofwood, 13, at one end of the same, so that the said receptacle projectsbeyond the end of the piece of wood.

5 5 The said receptacle is provided with a trans verse groove, O,terminating in a point or lip, O. A feeding device, D, consists of ametal strip bent to form two spring-shanks united at the base ends by across-piece, and the 4.0 opposite pointed ends being held in contactwith each other, in the same manner that the points of an ordinarydrawing-pen are held in contact,or nearly so. The feeder D is attachedat its base end to a spring, E, fastened to the 5 end of the block B,and provided with a screw, F, for adjusting the tension of the spring.The feeder is inclined downward from the spring E, the point of thefeeder projecting slightly beyond the lip O. The shank of the feederadjoining the end of the block is connected by a wire, G, with an arm,H, on the lower end of a shaft, H, journaled vertically on the end ofthe block or piece of wood, and provided at its upper end with a handle,J. The air-conducting tube K is provided at its end with a verticalnozzle, L, the point of which is directly above the point of the feederD. The air-tube is provided with a cock, M, fastened to a sleeve, N, onwhich a spring, 0, acts,which keeps the cock closed. ThetubeK isconnected by a flexible tube, I, with an airreceiver, Q. into which thecompressed air is conducted by a tube, R. The air-receiver is adapted tocontain water for moistening the compressed air,which water can beheated by 6 5 means of a lamp, S, &c.

The operation is as follows: The liquid to be distributed is poured insmall quantities on the receptacle A, or is fed on the same in somesuitable manner. By capillary attraction the liquid is drawn into theslot in the feeder, and passes down the same to the point of the feeder,and is blown-to atoms by the compressed air issuing from the lower endof the nozzle L.

If the liquid is to pass to the point of the feeder more rapidly, thepoints of the prongs must be drawn apart, which is accomplished byturning the handle J of the shaft in such a manner that the shank of thefeeder toward the end of the block B is drawn from the other shank ofthe feeder. The compressed air absorbs moisture while passing throughthe receiver Q, and this moisture causes the pigment to flow more freelyand keeps the several parts of the atomizer clean. 8 5

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a paint-distributer, the combination, with apaint-receptacle, of a forked feeder extending over the edge of thepaint-receptacle, 0 and an air-nozzle held directly above the point ofthe feeder, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a paint-distributer, the combination, with a spoon-shapedpaint-receptacle, of an inclined feeder provided with springshanks, andan air-nozzle held directly above the ends of the spring-shanks of thefeeder, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a paint-distributer, the combination, with a paint-receptacle, ofa feeder having spring-shanks, a nozzle held directly above the ends ofthe said spring-shanks, and a spring for separating the points 0fv theshanks, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a paint-distribute13 the combination, with the block B, thereceptacle A, and the nozzle L, of the forked feeder D, thespring E,secured to the feeder and block, and the adjusting-screw F,substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a paint-distributer, the combination, with the block B, thereceptacle A, and the nozzle L,of the feeder D, having spring-shanks,the shaft-H, provided with the arm H and the handle J, and the wire G,conn'lected to the said arm and to one of the shanks of the 15 feeder,substantially as herein shown and de scribed.

6. In a paint-distributer, the combination, with the receptacle A andthe forked feeder D, of the tube K, provided with the nozzle L 20 andcock M, the pivoted lever N, and the spring 0, substantially as hereinshown and v described.

WILBUR I. ARMSTRONG.

\Vitnesses :v V R. F. CRAWFORD, W. D. ARMSTRONG.

